Posts Tagged: Germany and German Styles

Oh dear. The race apparently is on as Stan say Jay is going to pass me for blog posts. So I better start posting posts whether I like them or not. Maybe... maybe I will do posts about beer people and their birthdays. DAMN. Jay does that already! OK - beer people and their pets. Maybe. I will have …

I has been almost four years since I put out the call about my need for a kölschkranz. And that New York Times piece by Evan Rail about kölsch back in 2007 was accompanied by one of the most gorgeous photos of beer in a kranz... or in any other container... that I have ever seen. It made my …

Eleven percent. Year old Quebec weizenbock picked up last April for $7.99 for 750 ml at Marche Jovi. A lot for a little. • Fortunately, it's extremely yum. A bit of a cross between a quad and the classic wheat double bock or weizenbock, Aventinus. The aromas are of pumpernickel and dark cherry …

Soon Obama will be having his moment of beer. People are arguing about whether it is good for a President to have beer and question which beer he chose. As a Canadian, I really don't care. Our problem is that we have the first Prime Minister in years who might not like beer. For a Canadian …

I thought I had missed the sweet spot in this one. I was sure it must have sat too long. Then I noticed it was 8.2%. The collaboration beer between the venerable Schneider Weissebier Brewery and The Brooklyn Brewery. Neat idea? Sure. Franken-brew? Maybe. • This is the German expression of the …

It was time to clear out a few obscure brews that have been hogging stash shelf space and I grabbed nothing but the Germans. I thought it was going to turn out to be about sharp hops of one sort or another, the sort of thing I ran into over two years ago. I was absolutely stunned when top after … read more »

Sure, we all moan and groan about the fake relocated British and Irish taverns. But its not because of the relocation so much as they are bad fakes. Once in a while they work just fine like the Old Triangle in Halifax. So why isn't there more of that? Why not a Norwegian fisherman's bar in Texas … read more »

I had a busy Friday. It was international, multi-media, for a great cause and included about six hours of driving. So, at the end of a drive that bought about 36 US craft beer in the house, I really didn't want a smoked beer - or at least not the smoked beer that I had set aside. I did have Ithaca …

I miss all of the fun or at least most of it. Sitting here in my virtual isle of banishment from all good things in the beer world I miss the Philly Beer Weeks. I miss weekend flips to Brussels to hobnob at Cantillon. And I missed last month's London launch of BrewDog's new beer Zeitgeist. I do go …

What to have for the day Obama gets to grasp the brass ring? Something from a blue state, that's obvious. And something that doesn't look like one of those designer beers. And one with a name that speaks to hyperbolic hope. High and Mighty's Beer of the Gods passes the test on all counts. • At a …

Alan is apparently a Gen X-er who has hit 40... err...44... err... 45... YIKES... 46 ... [ZOW-WEE!!] 48... jessh, now 51... and edits and writes about other stuff at his personal website Gen X at 40. Please email Alan or any of the authors at this blog's gmail account - please write if you want to join the ranks of authors of this site or just want to send in a story on your favorite beer or photo of your regular pub.

I have moved the content of the OCB Commentary Wiki here. It is now a static document and pretty much is locked in as understandings existed as of 2012. Probably needs its own wiki to update the content! Below are the original introductory remarks:

"The purpose of this wiki is to collectively make comments, add annotation, identify errata and suggest further sources to the text of The Oxford Companion to Beer. Members are asked to avoid comment about the authors, the structure of the text or other extraneous matters. This wiki is a not for profit project that reviews the text pursuant to the concept of "fair dealing for the purpose of criticism or review" under Canadian copyright law." Alan McLeod, wiki Organizer, and chief bottle washer at A Good Beer Blog. Motto? "Many hands make pleasant work." Alan McLeod, 25 October 2011. Please provide some information about yourself when making a request to join the wiki. Anonymous requests for membership will not be approved. Overly ardent and rudely put claims to authority will be cause for removal from the membership. As of 11 January 2012, 134 entries or 12.2% of the total of 1,100 received commentary, many with multiple comments. Eight of the photos have been corrected as well. That number rose to 151 by 13 May 2012.